Other Crap

Meet the Fockers opens big, with a $12 million Wednesday. That was about as much as #2 -#8 added together. The other pleasant surprise was (again) The Polar Express, which was the only carryover film to go UP on the day Fockers opened. Fockers only gets a limited window of opportunity to dominate completely, because five other new releases will open or expand over the weekend. (Fat Albert 2600 theaters, The Aviator 1800, Darkness 1700, Life Aquatic 1100, Phantom of the Opera 600)